Still need for Wildwood volunteers heading into weekend

As the Granville Sentinel went to press Monday afternoon, work was scheduled to begin on the new Wildwood Playground, a construction effort requiring an estimated 800 community volunteers.

As previously reported, by using a volunteer force, an estimated $200,000 will be saved on the project to provide a new Wildwood Playground with a safe surface play area.

Overall cost of the new playground is estimated to be approximately $500,000, which was raised through donations, grants and various fundraising efforts and events.

On the morning of April 13, crews were out preparing the site, and trucks filled the park’s parking lot, loaded with the new playground’s various components.

The weekend heading into the construction period — expected to span Tuesday through Sunday, April 17-22 — volunteers were still being sought, particularly for evenings and the final weekend building period.

According to a Granville Area news release issued April 13 calling for more volunteers, shift times and job types are as follows: